# Second degree electrical burns at Northstar Energy Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010151` · 1/7/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Northstar Energy Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 14011 Owen Tech Blvd., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew had just installed lightning arresters on a de-energized distribution line. When they energized the line, they realized that one lightning arrester needed adjustment. A lineman went up in a bucket to adjust it. When he tried to loosen its bolts, an arc flash occurred between the bolts and his impact wrench. He suffered second-degree burns to both hands and forearms.

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